Improvement in fruit-jars



thtitd .States @wat @inline HENRY S. DRAPER, ROCHESTER, NEWYORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF AND JOHN A. JOR'DON, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No.'91,726, dated June 22, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N FRUIT-JARS.

AThe Schedule referred to in these Letters Ptent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

` a novel eonstruct-iouof the neck and cover of' the jar,

so that they may be held securely together by a rub Iber band, which serves, at the same time, to close a vent in the cover, and is so arranged that `it can be conveniently removed therefrom when desired.

In the drawings- Fig. l is a "ertical section, and

Fig. 2 is a side view, showing a portion of' the rub-- ber band broken away.

In constructing my fruit-jar A, I provide its neck with a shoulder, b, and a flange, f, and its coverwith a vent-hole, c, and flange e, andshoulder a, as clearly shown in fig. 1, and so constructed that the shoulder of' the cover-shall fit over the shoulder ofthe neck, as

shown in the same figure. The portion of the cover B below the flange c, and

the portion of the neck of the body A above the flange f, I so construct, that when the cover B shall be in ourely in place.

place, as unitedly to form a uniform convex surface between the flanges c and f, as is also shown in fig. 1, and then, about this convex surface I place Vthe ruhber band d, as shown in both figures. v Y

lhe flangese and f, on the cover and the neck, serve to prevent the band from slipping, and their curved surfaces cause the band to bind or hold the cover se- Immediately above and in line with the vent c, I

make a depression, g, in the flange e, as clearly shown in iig. 2, for convenience in opening the jar. v

When the jar is filled and closed, lthe rubber band, in passing over and shutting the vent, at the same time conceals it, and without something to indicate its position, it would require a little time to discover it; but by my arrangement its locality is shown, and the thumb or finger can be conveniently applied or passed down the depressit n, against the rubber band, removing it from the vent, and thus the cover released and the jar opened.

Having thus described my invention,

.A fruit-jar, having its neck and cover so constructed as to be held together by a rubber band, and having its cover provided with a vent, c, and depression g, all as herein shown and described.

HENRY S. DRAPER. Witnesses: 5

J As. LORENZO GAGE, FRED. S. Blouses. 

